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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Sparganothini » Sparganothis » Sparganothis Fruitworm - Hodges#3695 (Sparganothis sulfureana)

Species Sparganothis sulfureana - Sparganothis Fruitworm - Hodges#3695

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Sparganothini
Genus Sparganothis
Species sulfureana (Sparganothis Fruitworm - Hodges#3695)
Hodges Number
3695
Other Common Names
Sparganothis Fruitworm (larva)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sparganothis sulfureana (Clemens, 1860)
Croesia ? sulfureana Clemens, 1860 (1)
Tortrix (Dichelia) sulfureana var. belfrageana Zeller, 1875 (2)
Sparganothis euphronopa Meyrick, 1927 v.3 (3)
Croesia ? fulvoroseana Clemens, 1864 (4)
Croesia ? gallivorana Clemens, 1864 (4)
Croesia ? virginiana Clemens, 1864 (4)
Conchylis gratana Walker, 1863 (5)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin sulfureus meaning "sulphurous," for the "shining pure yellow" forewings "striated with reddish orange." (1)
Size
wingspan 10-20 mm.
Forewing length 6.5-10 mm. (6)
Larva to 13-17 mm. (6)
Identification
Adult - forewing yellow, covered with reddish-brown netlike markings; AM and PM lines thick, dark reddish-brown, joined at the bottom to form a sideways V - which then forms one-half of a thick X pattern when wings are held together at rest; hindwing dirty white to pale gray.
Range
Widespread in eastern North America. There are also records from the Pacific Northwest. (6)
Food
Larvae feed on a variety of forbs and woody plants, including some crops, such as corn (maize) and cranberry. See list of recorded hosts at TortAI. (6)
Life Cycle
two generations per year
Larva; larva; larva; larva; pupa; adult; spent pupa
See Also
Reticulated Sparganothis (Sparganothis reticulatana) forewings lack a thick X pattern when wings are held together at rest, PM line divides into a Y shape, and AM & PM lines don't join (compare images of both species by Jim Vargo in Internet References link below)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 353. (1)
Covell, p. 421, plate 59-12 (7)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (8)
NJ Agricultural Experiment Station Pest of Cranberry (Rutgers)
Tortricids of Agricultural Importance (6)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.
2.Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3.
Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
3.Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint)
J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.
4.North American micro-lepidoptera.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.
5.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites
Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.
6.LBAM ID - tools for diagnosing light brown apple moth and related western U.S. leafrollers - Epiphyas postvittana (Walker).
7.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
8.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by tom murray on 3 July, 2005 - 6:54am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 4 December, 2022 - 7:18am

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